Archangel
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merxlin:I think what eventually gets lost in these types of threads is the difference between something that looks/sounds like a good idea but isn't (in some poeple's opinions anyway), and good equipment that just doesn't fit someone's personal diving style. The problem is trying to figure out which is which after a while. I always tend to discount opinions from people who just dis a given item, but offer no better alternative. Someone much brighter than me once said "Intelligence is knowing that only half of what you hear is true, Brilliance is knowing which half." For all those trying to use this forum to make gear choices, I hope you are brilliant.
Now Mike, I saw you on the boat, and man you were babe catchin' studly.
. . . so I will take your eloquent prose as you are definitely brillant. . .
it has been far too long, lets go diving my friend.